Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Lecce Painter

ca. 375–350 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Woman pushing girl on a swing, youth sitting on an altar, and Hermes The Aiora and Anthesteria, Athenian festivals dedicated to Dionysos, god of wine, included girls swinging. The Hermaia, celebrating Hermes, the messenger god, featured athletes; the youth here holds a strigil (scraper), and Hermes himself stands by a column suggesting a sacred precinct. The Athenian festivals may have had Apulian counterparts.

Artist

Lecce Painter

Date

ca. 375–350 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, South Italian, Apulian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1913